KBR Wants Supreme Court to Turn Away Iraq Waste Burn Pits Case

The U.S. Supreme Court shouldn’t revive a lawsuit alleging that Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc. harmed soldiers by using waste burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, the defense contractor said.

The soldiers asked the Supreme Court to review an appeals court’s ruling that KBR was immune from the suit under the political question doctrine.

The political question doctrine bars lawsuits against contractors if a court would be be forced to second-guess the wisdom of military decisions.

The Fourth Circuit was correct because the military had complete control over KBR’s performance of a logistics support contract, which included the manner ...